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- > > Something seems to be wrong with the table.
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- > The table isn't wrong - it's just very unclear. Somebody has been 'trimming'
- > my explanations again! I won't mention who...
- >
- > :)
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- I wonder how that could be? Maybe the strange guy I got it from? :-))
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- > The 12.5MHz bus is referring to the CPU data bus to ST-Ram. In other words,
- > the Afterburner's external data bus. The videl still gets 25MHz access
- > independantly.
- >
- > Half-clocking the CPU also half-clocks it's access to ST-ram. It gets half
- > the number of slots on the bus multiplexer circuit. This means the CPU is
- > effectively running on a 12.5MHz bus when everything else is running at 25MHz!
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- That's cool. SO I should actully be able t use the 60MHz clock on the
- Nemesis and halfclock the AB040 to get almsot original speed on the
- AB040 (15MHz insteed of 16MHz) and everyhting else runnig at 30MHz !!
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- Arrgghhh!!!!
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- > > It's running at a lower than standard speed, but why 'half-clocked'?
- >
- > Because single-clocking is way too high with a 33MHz rated chip trying
- > to run at 50/100MHz - which is what happens when you run the bus at 25MHz,
- > and you don't have the option of 'three-quarter-clocking' or whatever. Half
- > clocking gets the 68040 down to a reliable speed while shoving the videl-bus
- > through the roof for big video. Otherwise, the 68040 cooks in it's own juices.
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- So doing it the way I said would turn my whole falcon into Afterburner mode and
- I would have no problems with boiling the 040!
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- Hmmm... what about 80MHz? 40MHz bus and 20MHz AB040 bus? :-)
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- Speedy graphics and a speedy CPU!!! :-)))))))
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- //Magnus Kollberg
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